dusted
past simple and past participle ofdust
| 单词 | dusted |
| 释义 | dusted past simple and past participle ofdust dust verb uk/dʌst/us/dʌst/dustverb(CLEAN)[IorT] to use aclothtoremovedust from thesurfaceof something: I was dusting themantelpiecewhen Inoticedacrack. Cleaning & tidying places & things
dustverb(COVER)[T] tocoversomething with alightpowder: Dust thetopof thecakewithicingsugar. Covering and adding layers
Idiombe done and dusted Phrasal verbdustsomethingoff Examplesofdusteddusted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is an embarrassed and embarrassing category from which the beautiful, the tasteful, the artistic, must be constantly separated anddustedoff. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it appears that the centralist-rationalist and liberal-democratic paradigms of the 1960s have been little more thandusted-off and put back into service. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, however, the citydustedoff its plans of the 1930s and early 1940s for a major programme of slum clearance and redevelopment in its central areas. From theCambridge English Corpus Postpronotal lobes and pleura yellowish-whitedusted. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, a 20-year old plan can be taken off a shelf,dusteddown and it does not need an environmental impact assessment for approval. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English All the bad means from the past weredusteddown, this time to break any opposition to progress. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These are sermons brought out of the filing cabinet,dustedand used again when someone is asked to speak in certain places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 About five or six fields have already been announced, and a number of other plans have beendustedoff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again, law and order is being taken from the top shelf,dusteddown and put in front of the electorate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Every now and then it would bedustedoff, put back and kept for a rainy day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no ready prepared northern route waiting to be brought off the shelf anddustedoff for public consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Here the offer is again taken out,dustedover and produced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The cleaning contract requires panelling and shelving up to a height of 5·5 ft to bedusteddaily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The new terminology, brushed up anddusteddown, may better fit the 1990s, but the policy would not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Every old initiative has beendusteddown and regularly relaunched from every rooftop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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